Synonyms for tick
tɪktick

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tick, tickingnoun

   a metallic tapping sound

   "he counted the ticks of the clock"

   Synonyms:
   ticking, check mark, check

2. ticknoun

   any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

   Synonyms:
   ticking, check mark, check

3. check mark, check, ticknoun

   a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

   "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, baulk, cheque, stay, confirmation, bridle, ticking, hitch, chip, handicap, assay, stoppage, balk, check, check-out procedure, bank check, tab, chit, curb, halt, deterrent, check mark, hinderance, hindrance, substantiation, stop, arrest, verification, checkout

4. tickverb

   a light mattress

   Synonyms:
   ticking, check mark, check

5. click, tickverb

   make a clicking or ticking sound

   "The clock ticked away"

   Synonyms:
   click, penetrate, dawn, beat, flick, get through, sink in, mark, come home, check, chatter, check off, ticktack, retick, snap, tick off, clack, cluck, get across, fall into place, mark off, ticktock

6. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beatverb

   make a sound like a clock or a timer

   "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, exhaust, get, circumvent, stick, crush, vanquish, mark, mystify, flummox, retick, outwit, nonplus, trounce, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, perplex, beat out, gravel, thump, check off, ticktack, outsmart, amaze, beat, thrum, ticktock, puzzle, quiver, check, click, pound, mark off, work over, pulsate, overreach, bewilder, tucker, vex, stupefy, wash up, outfox, tick off, pose, scramble, shell

7. tick, retickverb

   sew

   "tick a mattress"

   Synonyms:
   beat, mark, ticktock, retick, tick off, mark off, check off, ticktack, check, click

8. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tickverb

   put a check mark on or near or next to

   "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, hold in, jibe, tick off, label, fit, gibe, chequer, hold, moderate, distinguish, learn, checker, mark off, ticktack, stop, pock, condition, assure, nock, tally, beat, scar, suss out, check off, check over, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, retick, tag, check, train, arrest, hold back, click, set, stigmatize, find out, see, discipline, stigmatise, grade, pit, cross out, denounce, mark out, correspond, score, curb, punctuate, notice, check into, contain, strike off, strike out, determine, see to it, retard, crack, turn back, watch, brand, differentiate, break, cross off, agree, ticktock, check out, go over, note, commemorate, delay

Matched Categories

1. • Acarine
   • Mark
   • Sound
   • Verify

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ticknoun

   Synonyms:
   click, beat

2. ticknoun

   Synonyms:
   bed-tick, ticking

3. ticknoun

   Synonyms:
   trust, credit

4. tickverb

   Synonyms:
   click, beat

5. tickverb

   Synonyms:
   score, check, check off

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "tick":

   ticks, icts, check, graduation, ict, tick-tock

Suggested Resources

1. TICK

   What does TICK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TICK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce tick?

How to say tick in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1581","2"],["1598","1"],["1631","1"],["1638","4"],["1644","2"],["1645","2"],["1649","1"],["1651","1"],["1656","5"],["1657","1"],["1658","2"],["1659","7"],["1661","1"],["1665","1"],["1667","3"],["1668","2"],["1669","1"],["1670","1"],["1672","3"],["1673","4"],["1675","3"],["1676","4"],["1677","1"],["1678","7"],["1679","2"],["1680","1"],["1681","5"],["1682","3"],["1683","6"],["1684","5"],["1685","7"],["1686","4"],["1687","3"],["1688","5"],["1689","3"],["1690","2"],["1691","1"],["1692","4"],["1693","3"],["1694","4"],["1695","5"],["1696","1"],["1697","1"],["1698","4"],["1699","4"],["1700","4"],["1701","8"],["1702","13"],["1703","11"],["1704","15"],["1705","13"],["1706","28"],["1707","4"],["1708","13"],["1709","6"],["1710","14"],["1711","13"],["1712","3"],["1713","3"],["1714","16"],["1715","13"],["1716","10"],["1717","9"],["1718","12"],["1719","10"],["1720","12"],["1721","15"],["1722","20"],["1723","21"],["1724","9"],["1725","17"],["1726","27"],["1727","47"],["1728","24"],["1729","20"],["1730","20"],["1731","14"],["1732","16"],["1733","9"],["1734","10"],["1735","24"],["1736","18"],["1737","10"],["1738","16"],["1739","15"],["1740","10"],["1741","5"],["1742","14"],["1743","10"],["1744","18"],["1745","14"],["1746","9"],["1747","21"],["1748","11"],["1749","13"],["1750","9"],["1751","18"],["1752","19"],["1753","14"],["1754","34"],["1755","26"],["1756","7"],["1757","8"],["1758","23"],["1759","7"],["1760","15"],["1761","11"],["1762","8"],["1763","10"],["1764","15"],["1765","13"],["1766","14"],["1767","18"],["1768","30"],["1769","9"],["1770","4"],["1771","39"],["1772","22"],["1773","10"],["1774","14"],["1775","23"],["1776","15"],["1777","10"],["1778","7"],["1779","8"],["1780","11"],["1781","24"],["1782","10"],["1783","21"],["1784","28"],["1785","10"],["1786","11"],["1787","35"],["1788","28"],["1789","20"],["1790","18"],["1791","17"],["1792","25"],["1793","11"],["1794","17"],["1795","9"],["1796","23"],["1797","34"],["1798","22"],["1799","17"],["1800","42"],["1801","88"],["1802","44"],["1803","72"],["1804","30"],["1805","59"],["1806","62"],["1807","70"],["1808","95"],["1809","76"],["1810","60"],["1811","85"],["1812","73"],["1813","62"],["1814","109"],["1815","52"],["1816","106"],["1817","90"],["1818","110"],["1819","66"],["1820","55"],["1821","76"],["1822","127"],["1823","145"],["1824","103"],["1825","171"],["1826","77"],["1827","112"],["1828","110"],["1829","68"],["1830","107"],["1831","99"],["1832","104"],["1833","107"],["1834","144"],["1835","121"],["1836","115"],["1837","135"],["1838","119"],["1839","116"],["1840","135"],["1841","166"],["1842","122"],["1843","214"],["1844","176"],["1845","148"],["1846","190"],["1847","154"],["1848","189"],["1849","158"],["1850","193"],["1851","235"],["1852","323"],["1853","407"],["1854","245"],["1855","290"],["1856","344"],["1857","362"],["1858","213"],["1859","334"],["1860","383"],["1861","236"],["1862","185"],["1863","199"],["1864","249"],["1865","269"],["1866","329"],["1867","368"],["1868","383"],["1869","495"],["1870","322"],["1871","433"],["1872","346"],["1873","507"],["1874","477"],["1875","366"],["1876","494"],["1877","425"],["1878","473"],["1879","478"],["1880","553"],["1881","525"],["1882","760"],["1883","700"],["1884","584"],["1885","742"],["1886","539"],["1887","623"],["1888","724"],["1889","616"],["1890","614"],["1891","765"],["1892","812"],["1893","901"],["1894","684"],["1895","761"],["1896","1133"],["1897","869"],["1898","1101"],["1899","1057"],["1900","1131"],["1901","1235"],["1902","1447"],["1903","1374"],["1904","1357"],["1905","1675"],["1906","2133"],["1907","1934"],["1908","2692"],["1909","1871"],["1910","2226"],["1911","3298"],["1912","2914"],["1913","3202"],["1914","2361"],["1915","3649"],["1916","1971"],["1917","1833"],["1918","2660"],["1919","2260"],["1920","3003"],["1921","1957"],["1922","2891"],["1923","2555"],["1924","1745"],["1925","2175"],["1926","1841"],["1927","1921"],["1928","2030"],["1929","2504"],["1930","2623"],["1931","2117"],["1932","2764"],["1933","1344"],["1934","1852"],["1935","2093"],["1936","1833"],["1937","1969"],["1938","2629"],["1939","2948"],["1940","2738"],["1941","2142"],["1942","2767"],["1943","2398"],["1944","2098"],["1945","2114"],["1946","3483"],["1947","2902"],["1948","3212"],["1949","4161"],["1950","3213"],["1951","3688"],["1952","3605"],["1953","3591"],["1954","3719"],["1955","4221"],["1956","6551"],["1957","4119"],["1958","3781"],["1959","3813"],["1960","5198"],["1961","7535"],["1962","9680"],["1963","5553"],["1964","5907"],["1965","7145"],["1966","6218"],["1967","7151"],["1968","8702"],["1969","7818"],["1970","6622"],["1971","7024"],["1972","6519"],["1973","8334"],["1974","6636"],["1975","6334"],["1976","7386"],["1977","7314"],["1978","8610"],["1979","7794"],["1980","7856"],["1981","10377"],["1982","11823"],["1983","9031"],["1984","14003"],["1985","11635"],["1986","15685"],["1987","13473"],["1988","13710"],["1989","14979"],["1990","18192"],["1991","20613"],["1992","17860"],["1993","22847"],["1994","22102"],["1995","20980"],["1996","22210"],["1997","23339"],["1998","25830"],["1999","26558"],["2000","31384"],["2001","34220"],["2002","36731"],["2003","41074"],["2004","41707"],["2005","42773"],["2006","41730"],["2007","44740"],["2008","51586"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use tick in a sentence?

1. Nekia Dodd:

   Tick is the name that he received from the football team. Big Ticket, meaning ticket out of St. Louis, basically.

2. Bridget Gandy:

   It won't be because of lack of capital or managing their operations that they fail, but that they haven't managed their operations in such a way as to tick each box to come through the test well.

3. Hannah Jones:

   Each downward tick in mortgage rates is met with increased buyer demand, as many eager home shoppers take advantage of the slightly lower cost of financing a home, home shoppers are looking to find the optimal combination of prices and mortgage rates before entering the market.

4. James Thurber:

   I loathe the expression What makes him tick. It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

5. Michael Caputo:

   Donald Trump has lived, eaten and breathed New York City for 70 years, and for him to be away from what really makes him tick for so many years, it's a sacrifice for him.